OQHA News

The 2018 Built Ford Tough AQHYA World Championship Show kicks off today, August 2 through August 11 in Oklahoma City. Check out all the action from the schedule , results, patterns, working orders and score sheets , to watching the Ohio youth live on the Ford Live Stream . Follow our Ohio youth on Facebook as well. Congratulations to all the Ohio Quarter Horse Association members at the AQHYA World Championship Show! Congratulations to Maggie Carter and COOS ME IN THE DARK - 2018 AQHYA WORLD CHAMPION Level 3 Aged Geldings! Congratulations to Colton Smith and PF CHROME RIMZ placing 7th in Level 3 Aged Geldings! Congratulations to Abby Querry and IMMA BE A COWBOY placing 10th in Level 2 Aged Geldings and being

Congratulations to everyone on the #BestBuckeyeYet Buckeye Classic Results Buckeye Classic Circuit Awards NSBA Results Little Buckeye Results The Little Buckeye and Buckeye Classic finished up strong on July 22 nd with close to 14,000 entries showing at the beautiful World Equestrian Center in Wilmington, Ohio hosted by the Ohio Amateur Quarter Horse Association and The Buckeye Western Horse Association. The two circuits running for ten days offered free youth entries for the Little Buckeye and free amateur entries for the Buckeye Classic, free water, snacks and dozens upon dozens of free Buckeye Classic ice cream sandwiches handed out by The Equine Chronicle Golf Cart and Hospitality Tent. The Leadline

The Little Buckeye launched the #BestBuckeyeEver this past weekend July 13-15, at the World Equestrian Center in Wilmington, Ohio. Named an AQHA Top 10 Show in 2017, the Buckeye brings the Ohio Amateur Quarter Horse Association large class numbers. Amateur Horsemanship- 25 L2 Senior Trail- 27 L1 Youth Horsemanship- 30 14-18 Equitation- 31 L1 Youth Showmanship- 33 L1 Trail- 39 14-18 Horsemanship- 40 Wednesday, July 18, marked first day of The Buckeye Classic which runs through July 22. The OAQHA added new this year the NCEA Jr. Medal Horsemanship Class and YEDA Challenge . Unless signed or currently participating on a NCEA team, all youth were eligible to participate in the Horsemanship Challenge; a class

By AQHA Executive Vice President Craig Huffhines | July 9, 2018 It was a thrill to host the Bank of America Youth Excellence Seminar and the American Quarter Horse Youth World Cup in my old stomping grounds of Bryan-College Station, Texas. YES was June 28-30 and had an outstanding crowd of 198, including youth and adult leaders. You know how we all get excited about AQHA’s annual convention? YES is our youth members’ convention, where they participate in leadership development activities, elect their national directors and the AQHYA Executive Committee, get motivated by dynamic keynote speakers, have fun at a few social activities, and make new friends from all over the world. The outstanding AQHYA members

We are so sad to hear of the passing of Ohio Quarter Horse Association Past President and Congress Super Sale Committee Chair Vic Clark. Vic was a great man with a wealth of knowledge not only pertaining to OQHA and the Congress, but to all horses in general. He was the master of horse pedigrees and had a genuine love for good horses. We cannot begin to imagine not having Vic at our OQHA events and board meetings or the All American Quarter Horse Congress Super Sale. Our thoughts and prayers will remain with his devoted wife Libby and all of Vic’s friends and family as they navigate this heartbreaking journey without him. Philip "Vic" Clark November 9, 1952 - July 8, 2018 Philip “Vic” Clark, 65, of Shelby, passed away Sunday

New AQHYA officers and directors for 2018-19 were named June 30 during the Bank of America Youth Excellence Seminar in Bryan, Texas. Candidates went through an interview process, gave speeches and were asked questions throughout the seminar. After the extensive process, these are the new officers and directors: President : Olivia Tordoff of Powell, Ohio First Vice President: Kylie Good of East Berlin, Pennsylvania Second Vice President: Charles Lee of McAllen, Texas Executive Member: Caleb Sturgeon of Beloit, Ohio Executive Member: Sierra Walter of Hydro, Oklahoma AQHYA directors for 2018-19 are: Region 1 Isabella Laguna of Snoqualmie, Washington Jacqueline Potwora of Eugene, Oregon Samantha Pratt

The Ohio Quarter Horse Foundation held another successful annual golf outing on Monday, June 25. The new location and date worked well for the outing which had 17 teams turn out. Held at Moundbuilders Country Club, the outing raised $12,500 in net proceeds to benefit the Foundation's work providing scholarships, promoting equine welfare and lending a helping hand to those in crisis. In addition to the 17 teams, proceeds were generated from the outing's two Premier sponsors, 10 Corporate sponsors, four event hole sponsors and 32 hole sponsors. Congratulations to the following winners: Longest drive - trophy Zack Thompson Longest putt - Roy Atherton Winning Team - Pappy’s Grill on 79: Eric Mason, Jeff